Constitution for Europe (Referendum) — 12 Nov 2003 at 13:45

I beg to move,

That leave be given to bring in a Bill to make provision for holding a binding referendum on any Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe before any Bill relating to the Treaty is presented to Parliament.

Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business):-

The House divided: Ayes 145, Noes 233.

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Party Summary

Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.

What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.

What are Boths? An MP can vote both aye and no in the same division. The boths page explains this.

What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.

PartyMajority (No)Minority (Aye)BothTurnout
Con0 110 (+2 tell)068.7%
Independent0 1050.0%
Independent Ulster Unionist0 1033.3%
Lab233 (+2 tell) 12060.5%
LDem0 15027.8%
PC0 1025.0%
SNP0 4080.0%
UUP0 1033.3%
Total:233 145059.5%

Rebel Voters - sorted by vote

MPs for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible MP who could have voted in this division

Sort by: Name | Constituency | Party | Vote

NameConstituencyPartyVote
Jeremy CorbynIslington NorthLabaye
John CryerHornchurchLabaye
Mr Denzil DaviesLlanelliLabaye
Mr Terry DavisBirmingham, Hodge HillLabaye
David DrewStroudLab (minister)aye
Kelvin HopkinsLuton NorthLab (minister)aye
Lynne JonesBirmingham, Selly OakLabaye
Andrew MacKinlayThurrockLabaye
John Martin McDonnellHayes and HarlingtonLabaye
Mr John McWilliamBlaydonLabaye
Austin MitchellGreat GrimsbyLab (minister)aye
David TaylorNorth West LeicestershireLabaye

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